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Community-based Care​
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Mutual Aids a form of care-mongering during the COVID-19 Pandemic
 

Study

Investigating online mutual aid as community-based care in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic 

 

Methods

Multiple methods were used: Scenario-based Claims analysis, content analysis of posts/comments in a care-mongering group, and interviews with mutual aid organizers and group admins. 

 

Papers

Jo, J., Knearem, T., Tsai, C.H., Carroll, J.M. (2022). Using Local Community to Ease Long Haul Uncertainty during the COVID-19 Pandemic. iConference '22. 

 

Knearem, T., Jo, J., Tsai, C.H., Carroll, J.M. (2022). Making Community Beliefs and Capacities Visible Through Care-mongering During COVID-19. GROUP '22.

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Knearem, T., Jo, J., Carroll, J.M. (2021). Local Community Support for Tangible Food Aid During COVID-19. In proc. CSCW Extended Abstracts ‘21. [Link to paper]

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Knearem, T., Jo, J., Tsai, C.H., Carroll, J.M. (2021). Making Space for Support: An Exploratory Analysis of Pandemic-Response Mutual Aid Platforms. In Communities and Technology '21 

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Community Engagement 

 

Facilitated short-term visitors at a summer festival to engage with and reflect on hyper-local community through mobile technology

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Study

Investigated how a mobile scavenger hunt supported community engagement and reflection for attendees of a large summer arts festival in State College, PA. Visit News for press coverage.

Sponsors & partners: GooseChase and the organizers of Central PA Festival of The Arts 

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Methods

Created an open-ended scavenger hunt activity for festival attendees to probe their community engagement, and followed up with interviews with people who used the scavenger hunt activity app 

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Paper

Knearem, T., Jo, J., Wang, X., Carroll, J.M. (2021). Seek and Reflect: A Mobile Scavenger Hunt to Develop Community Engagement. In Communities and Technology '21 (To appear, 6/21)

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Positive Aging ​

Coproduction for Well-being through Volunteering: A Case Study of an All-older Adult Volunteer Group
 

Study

Case study with a local volunteer group comprised of older adults (55+).  

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Methods

Interviews with members and observations of older adult members at local water monitoring sites (testing site) and during group meetings. 

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Papers

Knearem, T., Wang, X., Carroll, J.M. (2021). Constructing Well-being Together: Older Adults Engagement in Co-production Through Volunteering. In Communities and Technology '21 (To appear, 6/21)

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Knearem, T., Wang, X., & Carroll, J. M. (2020). Sustaining Engagement in Volunteer Activities for Older Adults. In proc. CSCW Extended Abstracts ‘20 [Link to paper]

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